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Miners and advocates are pleading with the Mine Safety and Health Administration to ensure a proposed rule to cut the current limit for silica dust exposure has strict enforcement mechanisms.
A U.S. agency has finally adopted new regulations to prevent premature deaths among minors who get pneumoconiosis by inhaling poisonous dust when digging through rocks.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- A half-century ago, the nation's top health experts urged the federal agency in charge of mine safety to adopt strict rules protecting miners from poisonous rock dust.
A half-century ago, top U.S. health experts urged the federal agency in charge of mine safety to adopt strict rules protecting miners from poisonous rock dust. The inaction since has
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